Isabel Allende’s novels are enjoyed all over the world. She is famous for her creativity and imagination. And her own personal story is as amazing as any she has ever told in a novel. Born in 1942, Allende’s family moved often during her childhood. She went to school in South America, Europe, and Asia. As a young woman, she became a journalist in Santiago, Chile’s capital city. Then, she got married and had two children. In 1970, everything began to change.

² Leaving home

Isabel Allende’s uncle was a political leader named Salvador Allende. In 1970, her uncle was elected president of Chile. In 1973, President Allende was killed during the fighting. When Isabel Allende began to fear for her life, she and her family decided to move to Venezuela.

² From Newspaper to Novels

It was really a painful experience for Isabel Allende to leave her country. Without this experience, however, Allende said she never would have begun writing novels. Then she got a phone call from Chile. Her grandfather was dying. She knew she could not return home to be with him, but she wanted to respect him in some way. “I decided to write a letter about all the things he told us when we were young,” Allende explained. Later, she wrote a long letter which became Allende’s first novel, The House of the Spirits.

² The Writing Life

“I spent ten, twelve hours a day in a room, writing,” Allende says, “I don’t talk to anybody; I don’t answer the phone.” When she finished the first draft of a new novel, Allende mailed a copy to her strictest critic(评论家).“I send it to my mother. She read it and came here with a red pen. We fight for a month at least.” Allende then went back to work until she felt the book was finished. “The storytelling is the fun part,” she said. “The writing can be a lot of work!”

1.What does the writer think of Isabel Allende’s story?

A. interested B. moving C. painful D. amazing

2.What was Isabel Allende before she got married?

A. She was a journalist. B. She was a teacher.

C. She was a political leader. D. She was a president.

3.According to the last paragraph, the underlined words “strictest critic” refer to__________.

A. Isabel Allende’s father B. Isabel Allende’s mother

C. Isabel Allende’s grandfather D. Isabel Allende’s uncle

4.Why did Isabel Allende start writing her first novel?

A. Because she wanted to make money.

B. Because she liked writing novel.

C. Because she wanted to respect her grandfather.

D. Because she wanted to write against the government.

5. In Paragraph 4, when Allende said “We fight for a month at least”, she meant that “___________”.

A. Isabel Allende and her mother discussed and argued a lot about the draft.

B. Isabel Allende and her mother often fought because of the draft.

C. Isabel Allende and her mother didn’t have a good relationship.

D. Isabel Allende’s mother didn’t like Isabel Allende’s draft at all .

China’s new hot word, tuhao, may be in next year’s Oxford English Dictionary.

In Chinese, tu means rude and hao means rich. In recent years, people use this term to describe those who spend money in an unreasonable way. The word became more popular with the newest Apple’s gold-colored iPhone, which is loved by China’s rich people. The color became known as “tuhaogold”. The word is now often used to refer to people who have the cash but lack taste.

There are two other Chinese hot words: dama and NoZuoNoDie, which may also be taken in the dictionary. Dama, meaning middle-aged women, was first used in the Western media by the Wall Street Journal. Thousands of Chinese women were buying a large amount of gold when the gold price had gone down. Another phrase NoZuoNoDie means if you don’t do stupid things, they won’t come back to bite you, is also very popular. Other words, such as Maotai, Chinglish and "dimsum " have also been included in the dictionary.

“Words like dama and tuhao are so vivid. My friends and I use them a lot—it’s so much fun,” said an American student who studies in Beijing.

BBC World News recently made a special program called “Tuhao, let’s be friends!” “The frequent use of Chinglish by foreign media suggests that foreign people are looking more to the lifestyle and popular culture of China,” says Zhang Yiwu, professor of Peking University.

What does this trend suggest about the Chinese language's influence?

Xing Hongbing, professor from Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) said “These show that Chinglish is now being accepted by the rest of the world and they play important roles in daily life of Chinese. Behind these Chinglish words and phrases is the Chinese culture. They are reflections of the changes and trends in the Chinese society and they help people from other countries to understand what's happening in China.”

1.__________can be called “tuhao” according to the passage.

A. The rich who like iPhone made of gold

B. The people who bought a lot of gold

C. People who can be friends

D. The rich people who lack taste

2.Which of the following word is NOT Chinglish hot word?

A. dama B. karaoke C. tuhao D. dimsum

3.Why does the word “Dama” become so popular now?

A. They bought gold crazily when the gold price were down.

B. They are wealthy middle-aged women.

C. They made the gold prices up.

D. They worked on the Wall Street.

4.According to the passage, Xing Hongbing agreed that______.

A. Chinglish hot words tell some funny things about China.

B. Chinglish plays important roles in daily life of Chinese.

C. Chinglish hot words are so vivid that people like using them a lot.

D. foreigners want to know more about the culture of China from Chinglish.

5.What is the purpose of writing this article__________.

A. To describe the hot words in Oxford English dictionary.

B. To explain the meanings of some Chinese hot words .

C. To describe the use of Chinglish hot words and their influence.

D. To show the different opinions about Chinglish hot words.

1.How old were the twin sisters when they received the Harvard offers?

A.19 B. 20 C. 22 D. 23

2.Which country does Lee-Se-Dol come from?

A. The US B. China C. South Korea D. South Africa

3.Which of the following are the best spots to sight and observe birds except__________.

A. Yuexiu Park

B. Nansha Wetland Park.

C. Liuhuahu Wetland Park

D. Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area

4.According to the website, which of the following is NOT TRUE about Zootopia?

A. Zootopia is a great success.

B. Frozen sells better than Zootopia.

C. Zootopia is a movie about animal.

D. Zootopia is the latest Disney movie.

5.What can we learn from the website?

A. Google AlphaGo computer beat the professional player 5 to 4 at last.

B. The twin sisters study Chinese at Fudan University.

C. The Guangzhou Forestry Department cited five best spots to observe birds.

D. Readers can get information about business from the website.

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阅读短文及文后选项，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Nearly all kids have had the same experience. 1.__________ They finished the pasta minutes ago. Now, they are bored. Yet their parents are still eating and talking…and talking…and talking. “Be patient.” One parent says. “We’ll have dessert soon.”

All kids know what happens next. After dessert, their parents drink coffee. 2. ________Again, the children must wait. They have been in school all day and would rather be running and playing. Instead, they must sit in a chair and stare at a wall.

3.________Many restaurants say they are ‘family-friendly’. Family restaurants, such as fast-food restaurants should have play areas for children. At these restaurants, almost every play area is a big room full of climbing equipment. The room is usually full of happy kids. Parents can eat while the children play. 4. __________

The real problem begins when families want to eat in an expensive restaurant. The parents don’t want to hurry through the meal but talk to each other because they want to enjoy the delicious food, beautiful music, comfortable atmosphere. 5.__________For them, going to a nicer restaurant means just one thing: sit still and be quiet.

A. That’s no fun for kids, either.

B. Going to a restaurant doesn’t have to be this way.

C. They are eating in a restaurant with their parents.

D. Then they talk some more.

E. Everyone is happy.

1.If you want to learn English well, dictionaries will be very u__________.

2.Steven didn’t c__________ the first bus this morning because he got up too late.

3.Mo Yan is the first Chinese w__________ who wins the Nobel Prize in literature.

4.It’s very dangerous to d__________ after you drink wine.

5.Can you tell me what you usually do in your f__________ time?

6.Traveling by plane is expensive, but it can s__________ a lot time.

1.请将杯子放在一个安全的地方。确保我们双方都能看得到。

Please put the cup in a safe place. __________ __________ both of us can see it.

2.明年，这个城市将建造一个座新的图书馆。

A new library__________ __________ __________in this city next year.

3.北京将举办2022年冬奥会。这是个多么令人激动的消息啊！

Beijing will hold Winter Olympic Games in 2022. __________ __________news it is!

4.他非常诚实，因而受到了老师的表扬。

He was__________ honest__________ he was praised by the teacher.

5.没人告诉我明天什么时候离开。

Nobody tells me __________ __________ __________ tomorrow.

6.长时间盯着别人看是很不礼貌的。

__________ __________impolite __________ __________at others for a long time.

7.昨天学生们直到雨停了才离开学校。

The students__________ __________the school __________the rain stopped yesterday.

你校将召开一个新生接待会，为了让新生了解校刊主要栏目及内容，请你以“Our School Magazine”为题，根据以下提示写一篇演讲稿，并为校刊即将新增的栏目提出你的看法。

注意：

（1）参考词汇：栏目 column，介绍 introduce；

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（3）不得透露学校、姓名等任何个人信息，否则不予评分。

Dear fellow students,

Welcome to our school! I am glad to introduce our school magazine to you.

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I hope you will enjoy reading our school magazine. Thank you!

A game of catch is simply two people throwing a ball back and forth（来回地）. It seems a little _____ and many people may not be interested in it. The two people are close enough to talk, but too far to touch. They might have baseball gloves, or they might use their hands.

In fact, playing catch is part of________ practice—to make you get used to using a ball and glove. But any American kid will teach you it’s much more than that. Playing catch is a time for kids to________ with your father. It’s a time when there’s _________ to worry about except catching a ball. It’s a time when words move asseamlessly（准确不误地） as the ball itself, back and forth, easy and relaxing. It’s an excuse to_________ timetogether.

Because baseball is an American sport, and a big part of being American, playing catch is kind of an all-American dad activity. In the suburbs（郊区）, most people have backyards — not________ enough to play baseball in, but just big enough for a game of catch. Those who have no________can play in the street or in the park.

When adults are asked to talk about the good________of their dads, many of them will say something about playing catch. Why? Probably because dads are usually very _____. A catch game is a time that is only for one thing. This is a time when a kid has her dad's ________ . There is no work, no phone and no other people around to take your dad away from you. For the time that it takes to play a game of catch, your dad is all yours.

1.A. interesting B. boring C. amazing D. exciting

2.A. basketball B. baseball C. football D. volleyball

3.A. fight B. compare C. have D. be

4.A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything

5.A. waste B. save C. spend D. forget

6.A. small B. large C. clean D. tidy

7.A. time B. money C. yards D. friends

8.A. jobs B. achievement C. education D. memories

9.A. busy B. brave C. strict D. kind

10.A. help B. worry C. courage D. attention

1.The purpose of the event is to .

A. encourage a healthy lifestyle

B. help children in the community

C. make a difference in our lives

D. introduce the products of Sketcher

2.Tom’s father is a PAassion Card member. He signed up for the 10km race in June. How much should he pay?

A. $25. B. $40. C. $45. D. $50.

3.From the poster, we can know something about the event EXCEPT .

A. the place B. the time C. the cost D. the sponsor

4.From the Notes, we can know that .

A. we can get further information by making a call

B. we can take part in the items in June every day

C. everybody can work as a volunteer in the event

D. the items will be held under any kind of weather

5.Which of the following about the activity is TRUE?

A. Participants must have a PAssion card or POSB credit card.

B. Women and children can only take part in the Family Walk.

C. People’s Association is one of the organizers of the event.

D. Children are not allowed to take part in the events.

Long long ago,there__________four foxes and they lived a happy life together.

A. had B. has C. were D. are